[Viktor's eyes follow after Jayce's, the rest of him unmoving, only watching and mirroring his partner's gaze. Viktor's arms are folded just beneath his ribs, just beneath hole still blown through his chest and out his back. The heart within doesn't beep with the sad overload or safety mode indicator. At peace, for the time being, at equilibrium of energy. It doesn't beat so much as hum with nearly silent battery operation,
The heart in Jayce's chest is louder, an organic reminder of the humanity they once shared,]
You can stay here a while, Jayce... as you like.
[Viktor had welcomed him, after all. A time and place to just lay down. A respite, an oasis in the desolate landscape around them. Perhaps more fitting, a terrarium for their cruel experimentation. It doesn't matter how one sees it, not really.
Metaphors fail to distract Viktor from the wrongness of his joy. To lay beside Jayce is ill deserved. Another thing he knows full well and yet does not care to uphold the righteousness of.]
We have much knowledge that our better senses ignore, don't we?
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Date: 2025-08-15 05:31 pm (UTC)The heart in Jayce's chest is louder, an organic reminder of the humanity they once shared,]
You can stay here a while, Jayce... as you like.
[Viktor had welcomed him, after all. A time and place to just lay down. A respite, an oasis in the desolate landscape around them. Perhaps more fitting, a terrarium for their cruel experimentation. It doesn't matter how one sees it, not really.
Metaphors fail to distract Viktor from the wrongness of his joy. To lay beside Jayce is ill deserved. Another thing he knows full well and yet does not care to uphold the righteousness of.]
We have much knowledge that our better senses ignore, don't we?